Love Over Sunday Dinner

You guys would laugh at my inbox. For starters, it seems like every third email that is sent to my DALS email has the subject line "Pork Ragu." There's usually one or two with a panicky vibe, like: "I have people coming over and the short ribs are looking dry! What do I do?" (Answer: Add whatever liquid you can find.) And then occasionally I get something magical, something with a picture attached like the one you see above. With a subject that says "Love Over Sunday Minestrone." Suzi is a working mom of three kids and a DALS reader. Here's what she wrote:

I just wanted to say thank you to you and Andy for the entertainment and for keeping our weeknight meals interesting. I think I made at least three DALS recipes per week while on maternity leave with our third baby this fall. A typical comment from my 4-year-old: "Mom, you should make this again!"

Now that I'm back at work, my husband, Noah, is the prime dinner chef. He is not a reader of blogs, but I am slowly winning him over. My aim is to have him searching the blog for weeknight favorites soon too. Yesterday he set up this shot with the iPhone tripod. I happened to be making Sunday Minestrone, which you can see. He took one look at the photo and said, "You should send this in to your Dinner: A Love Story blog." So here you go - dinner and love, all in one shot.

Thanks again!

Suzi K.

Gainesville, Florida

For the rest of you who occasionally write me asking How do you keep this blog going? There's your answer. And here's the Magical Minestrone. (Results Shown Above Not Guaranteed.)